Several senior police officers being transferred with immediate effectJammu and Kashmir police saw a massive shake-up on Friday as several senior officers were transferred, with its intelligence wing getting a new chief.In three separate orders, the government transferred 33 senior police officers with immediate effect.The administration also ordered a massive reshuffle in the civil administration, including those of the deputy commissioners.The massive transfers come a couple of weeks after the Election Commission directed the poll-bound states to transfer out officers posted in their home districts, and also in the likelihood of the poll announcement by the poll body later on Friday.The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the assembly elections on Friday.However, it is still not clear for which states the election schedule will be announced.The Election Commission plans to hold the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir before September 30, the deadline set by the Supreme Court.
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